Mop.



B. C. & H. R. CREMERING.

MOP.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-26. 1914.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

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BERNARD C. GREMERING AND I-IENBY R. CREMERING, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MOP.

Application filed December 26, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, BERNARD C. CREM- ERINGand HENRY R. CREMERING, citizens of the United States of America, andresidents of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in mops and has for an object toproduce a mop which is stronger and which may be more easily and cheaplymanufactured than other mops known to us. objects are attained in themop described in the following specification and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings in which,-

Figure l is a side view of a mop embody ing our invention, the mop headbeing shown in section. Fig. 2 is a view showing the end of a mop havingmop head fastening means embodying our invention mounted thereon. Fig. 3is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The mop embodying our invention consists' of a handle 4, having atransverse bore 5 adjacent to its end, a forked wire mop head securingmember 6 adapted to occupy the transverse bore a reinforcing means 7adapted to secure the wire member 6 against movement relatively to thehandle, and a mop head 8 secured to the handle by means of the wiremember 6. The handle 4 in addition to being provided with the transversebore 5 is also formed with two diametrically opposite slots or grooves 9eX- tending from the bore 5 to the end of the handle. The wire member 6adapted to secure the mop head in position on the end of the handle isprovided at its center with a transverse portion 10 adapted to occupythe transverse bore 5, and at right angles to the transverse portion 10it is provided with downwardly extending parallel portions 11 and 12which occupy the grooves 9. From the end of the handle the ends 13 and14 of the wire member 6 are bent outwardly at an angle to one another toform aspace between them adapted to receive a bundle of mop material. Inorder to prevent the portions 11 and 12 of the wire member 6 from beingdisplaced from the grooves 9 formed in the handle, plates 15 and 16 havebeen provided, each of the plates having apertures 17 and 18 at theirends for the purpose of receiving the respective ends 13 and 14c, andslots 19 and 20 adapted to register with Specification of LettersPatent.

These and other Patented Au. 31, 1915.

Serial No. 879,057.

one another when the plates are brought into contact with one anotheragainst the end of the handle as shown. These slots are adapted toreceive nails, screws, or similar fastening means for the purpose ofsecuring them in position on the end of the handle in order to preventthe portions 11 and 12 from leaving the grooves -9 and otherwisepreventing movement of the wire member 6 with relation to the handle.The slots are provided for the purpose of permitting the plates to beused in mop construction having handles of different diameters, so thatthe plates may occupy varying positions with relation to one another onhandles of different diameters.

When a member 6 and plates 15 and 16 have been secured in position onthe handle as shown in F ig. 2, the bundle of mop cord is placed betweenthe branches 13 and 14 and each of the branches is bent over so as toform a loop, each loop interlocking as it were with the other loop asshown in Fig. 1, for the purpose of preventing any of the mop strandsfrom becoming displaced. With the bundle of mop cord thus secured andcompressed, the portions of the mop head on each side of the loops arebrought down to form the mop head proper and properly trimmed andshaped.

The particular advantage secured by the construction above described isthat the slotted plates 15 and 16 take up a great proportion of thestrains imposed upon the wire member and positively prevent the wiremember from spreading so that it will have no motion relatively to thehandle, thus producing a most rigid mop construction. In addition tothis as above described the slots in the plates 15 and 16 permit of theuse of various sized handles, so that the sizes of the handles may varymaterially without necessitating the use of different plates.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

1. In a mop the combination of a handle, a mop head, a wire memberadapted to secure the mop head to the handle, and adjusted platesmounted on the handle adapted to secure the wire member in position onthe handle.

2. In combination in a mop, a handle having a transverse bore adjacentto its lower end, grooves located at diametrically opposite points andextending from the ends of the transverse bore to the end of the handle,

a wire member having a central portion adapted to occupy the transversebore, side portions adapted to engage the grooves and ends extendingbeyond the handle at an angle to the portions occupying the grooves,adapted to receive the bundle of mop cord between them and to be bentinto engagement with the mop cords to retain the cords in position, andradially extending plates mounted on the end surface of the handle andengaging the wire member adapted to engaging the ends to preventrelative movement of the member and the handle.

3. In combination in a mop, a handle having a transverse bore andgrooves communieating with the bore adjacent to its end, a wire membermounted in the bore and adapted to engage the grooves, with the endsthereof extending beyond the handle, radially extending plates mountedon the end of the handle in an adjusted position and in engagement withthe ends, adapted to retain the wire member in the groove, and a mophead located betweenthe ends of the wire member and adapted to besecured in position when the ends are looped into engagement therewith.

4. In combination in a mop, a handle having a transverse bore adjacentto its lower end, grooves located at diametrically opposite points andextending from the ends of the transverse bore to the end of the handle,a wire member having a central portion adapted to occupy the transversebore, side portions adapted, to engage the grooves and ends extendingbeyond the handle at an angle to the portions occupying the grooves,adapted to receive the bundle o1": mop cords between them and to be bentinto engage-V ment with the mop cords to retain the cords in position,radially extending diverging plates in engagement with the divergingends, adapted to retain the wire member in position, and means adaptedto secure the plates in an adjusted position on the end of the handle.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names this 21stday of De cember, 1914.

BERNARD O. CREMERING. HENRY R. GREMERING. Witnesses:

WALTER F. MURRAY, W. THORNTON BOGERT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

